Nvidia’s next gaming GPUs don’t have official RTX 60-series specs yet, but this PC Gamer analysis argues the company’s past cards point to a clear direction. Nvidia has spent the last decade shifting from the GTX 10-series to ray tracing and AI-heavy designs, and that matters because the next generation may lean on the same habits: similar die sizes, more transistors, and only modest gains in cache. For players, that could mean faster cards without a dramatic jump in power draw or board size.
The article looks at where Nvidia’s future GeForce cards could land, with the RTX 60-series expected “in the near future” and likely built around TSMC’s N3 process rather than the more advanced N2 node. That choice would shape everything from transistor density to shader counts, and it also explains why the author thinks Nvidia may keep L2 cache close to Blackwell levels. If you care about upgrade value, this is the part that decides whether the next round of cards feels like a real leap or just another careful step.
About Nvidia’s Next GeForce Generation
According to the source, Nvidia’s gaming GPUs have changed fundamentally since the GeForce GTX 10-series, with ray tracing and AI now central to the company’s hardware strategy. The article says the current top tier is the 90-class, though Nvidia used the Titan name for that slot in the GTX 10-series and RTX 20-series eras. That context matters because the piece compares four tiers of cards: 60-class, 70-class, 80-class, and the highest-end model.
The analysis also points out that Nvidia does not manufacture its own GPUs. Instead, it relies on TSMC, and the process node choice shapes the size and density of each chip. In practical terms, that means Nvidia’s next consumer cards may inherit the same design philosophy as Blackwell: efficient use of silicon, careful cost control, and as much performance as the company can squeeze out without making the chips too large.
Die Size, Density, And What That Means For RTX 60-Series Cards
The source says Blackwell gaming chips use a custom version of TSMC N5 called 4N, while the RTX 40-series also used that node and the RTX 30-series used Samsung’s 8LPH. Before that, Nvidia’s GTX 10-series and RTX 20-series used a custom TSMC N16 node, and three prior GTX generations used N28. The author believes Nvidia will likely stick with TSMC N3 for RTX 60-series chips instead of jumping to N2, mainly for cost reasons.